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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21
WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION.
/ came upon her unaware

/ came upon her unaware
AS at her fathers gate she stood;
She looked so sweet, she looked so fair,
Her rosy mouth looked oh, so good.
She gave little scream of fright
And pinched my arm, the saucy miss;
Then, seeing there were none in sight,
Iclasped her close and stole kiss.
One, only one, did not care
To kiss her rosy lips again,
I wrung my hands, tore my hair,
Iground my teeth in awful pain;
Her lips were soft, but oh, beneath
(The words said, they were SIM,
She held between her pearly teeth
A little demon of pin
Cincinnati Times-Stdr.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

'Where are the privates Of the late war "
walls an exchange. Think there's lack of
privates, Ell? Not hardly-just go to any
panorama and you'll find hundreds of them
with one suspender down and a crooked
barrel musket, climbing a rail fence You
must have been looking for them in the mag
azine war papers-they aren't there because
they really aren't necessary there
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21
LABAN PRIM.
BY GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND.


copyrighted, 1851
Before the war a New Hampshire man
with consumption came to Middle Creek
valley and taught school and married into
one of the many pretty families of poor,
mountain girls; he begat one son, Laban
Prim, and went the way of all the earth.
BY the death of another consumptive
brother who had settled in California and
dug gold, the widow Prim obtained a
small estate for her son and instructions
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

Little Johnny Ito sisters beau)-You don't
look like you could hatch eggs.
Sisters Beau-Why Johnny, what put
that notion into your head?
why, l heard Sis tell ma you was the
best setter she ever saw"
Exit Johnny, followed by shingle in the
hands of his sister.-NeWmdn Htdependent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

The city marshal of Portsmouth started
from his office the other day as fast as he
could run, because he wanted to catch train,
then about due. Bystanders supposng it
was a chase for thief, joined in the run, and
by the time the perspiring officer had reached
the platform of his train at least fifty men and
boys were close at his heels.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

According to the leading French painters,
Americans have not made as good show
this year as usual at the Salon. Gerome is
quoted as saying that Tulip Culture" by
Hitchcock, is the best. Knights Potato
Gatherers' is next in order. Renhart is
also praised. A young American named
More has just created much interest in Paris
art circles by some exquisite sketches of
Japan, which country he recently visited
Young More is both deaf and dumb. Gerome
is delighted with his sketches.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21
If That Wasn't Proposing.

Very well" she replied, 81 shall sue you
for breach of promise"
''But 1 never promised to marry you"
81 know you never said it in so many
words, but you gave me to understand that
you would"
'When was that?''
"You remember last summer you asked me
if could cook, and replied: Yes If that
wasn't proposing don't know what else it
could be-"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21
1t Was His Jacket.

A Boston woman, shopping for wrap,
saw what she thought she would like lying
on the counter and, picking it up, said to
the clerk: 81 should like this one. 1t is
passementerie on the front" Excuse me,
madam" said a voice in cold displeasure be-
hind her, excuse me, that is my Jacket,
which I've just laid off to try on anotherw
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

The story comes from London that a
young man in Allahabad, India, proposed to
a young lady in Calcutta by telegraph, add
ing; ANSWER yes or no at my expense"
She sent him 600 words of explanation with
out coming to any conclusion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

effaced from history you were forever en-
differing your mothers recollections by
claiming for her and for yourself a purity
above our animal creation. In the fear
of being found out by you-so supernal,
so lofty you were-your mother denied
herself to her humble kin, and gave away,
to meet your arrogant wishes, her socia-
BILE inclinations, her happiness-yes, hel
human nature and her God! Bow down,
my grandson, to this poor woman, and
ask her prayers to make you little child
again ~
He did not kneel nor stay He rushed
forth into the night and walked the
streets and stopped at the edge of the
deep river to reason like Cato upon sui
eide.
Then he went to his library and wrote
part of an article for review, to show
that the elements he had lattcrly acted
with in ethics, economy and government
were parcel of villains.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21
PICTURESQUE B. & O.

Ticket Agents everywhere furnish informa-
ton, rates, etc. etc, and it is sure to lead to
saving of money to become posted thoroughly
as to the advantages of the Baltimore and Ohio
for trip anywhere between the East and the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

A fourteen-year-old girl of Pittsfield, Mass,
worked all last winter in the woods with her
father taking mans place. She took care
of her team of four oxen and hauled logs
from the woods to the mill at West Athens
working many days when most men would
have pronounced it very rough to be on the
road.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21
A Troublesome Law,

"Will you please pass the butter?" said
the landlady's daughter to the star boarder.
Pm sorry" replied the latter, who was a
railway clerk, "but the new law prohibits
all passes. '-1yd-Bits
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

lie handed his grandmother, as she en-
tered, the pocketbook.
did you take this?" grandmother
asked
"Yes'm," the old creature lisped. "She
gi'me an me children money. She can't
do so no more, and TUX it,"
"Say no more about it, grandson See,
there is mere trifle in the wallet. Let
her keep it."
keep the proceeds of crime ?" ex.
claimed Laban Prim. "Reward corrup-
ton No. She shall be arrested like any
lawbreaker. My mother would have as
scented to the justice of what l say"
"Your mother?" grandmother quietly
observed; 'assuage your arrogant self.
esteem, sir! You shall not make me the
victim of it, too; | am too old for such
tenderness as she bestowed upon you out
of her fear.
Grandmother indicated the dead woman
with the bead of moisture at her lip.
"Do you dare to say that she would
not have sent this creature to Jail ?" ex.
claimed Laban Prim, argued with for the
first time in his life. pray who are
your"
"And who are your" grandmother
testify replied. You set yourself too
high. What would you have been if ]
had not made your father do justice to
this child, who lies in peace, l hope, and
in the humility that so well becomes you,
sir?"
Me! Laban Print What do you
p"
Il mean that you were born before
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21
In order to keep them straight
and compel them to
observe that
FAIR PLAY ALL AROUND

So dear to the American idea of a
square deal, it is a good thing that
this necessity has been realized
and the great power Of Congress in
voked to bring them to a proper
sense of the situation. The
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

honest at both
sources, the
fruit of two
CRAFTS care,
fully selected,
W h c re h i s
father as the
parent stem
had not gone
wilfully to
wife finding,
but had felt
the phenome-
nal excellence
of { his one
W an and
h a d received
her into his
being as 10
becam the
pure W h it G
heiferorv estal
moon of Jupi-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

er. There the boy
was strictly educa-
ted and his mothers
education was at
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

the same time continued, for her husband
had selected her from among his scholars,
no less for her aptness than for her grace.
Mother and son expanded together in
that civilization of careful Puritan habits,
until the forms of speech and even of
thought she had been bred to in MARYLAND
disappeared, and Mrs. Prim led the society
at the Eastern State capital like woman
of the Mayflower.
She had that painting after perfection
and noble unrest which so we'll becomes
some women, and it was tinctured with
profound respect for the intellectual
memory of her deceased husband, whose
image she began to see subtilized and in
deed enlarged in the boy who had never
beheld his father to remember him-La-
ban Prim.
The purity of Laban Prim almost made
her afraid as his maturity and self-reli-
ance in childhood astonished her
Henever required correction, but rather
corrected her, like young Messiah, his
upright walk giving to his slight arrogance
the certificate of an unblemished example,
and he loved her, too, with the austerity
of a faultless son, so that she never dared
to marry again, though opportunities
were offered her far above her worldly
condition; and she was made for love
and caressing. 1t would have, perhaps,
prolonged her life to extend her circle of
joy and contact, but the fear of telling
her son that she had looked upon man
with favor made her go aside and blush
For relief she plunged deeper and
deeper into missionary work-philan-
thropy and inquest and crusade for ulti-
mate right-till people asked what race
she might have come from to Guido the
Puritans in their own land, and he, with
all her thinning and fading beauty, the
paragon of spiritual zeal.
Some said it was the young man Laban
Prim driving his mother onward by his
supervision of her; that if he would
only go and do something unreliable it
might relieve her-such as fighting the
town bully.
Laban, on the other hand, took from
his mother confirmation of his own calm,
unboasted consciousness that he was
absolute integrity, born of perfect parents,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-21

to take
him to
a large
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C / t y
a n d
p Il t
him in
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care Of
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grand
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The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-05-28
A JOKE INDEED.
BY MARGARET EYTINGH.

Adrian Mosscroft was in, or very near
ly in, the depths of despair. Every
thing had been going more or less wrong
with him ever since the first day of the
new year. On that day an adroit pickpock
ct had relieved him Of his gold watch and
his wallet, the latter containing his saw
ings for several months. fact, all the
money he had in the world, for Adrian
had not begun TO save until he met
Ethel Burroughs, the pretty buyer of the
lace department of an enormous up
town establishment. Shortly after the
loss of his fortune he was taken down to
his bed with rheumatism, and there he
remained for two months. and when he
got up again he found himself out of a
situation, the firm in whose employ he
had been for more than five years having
"gone, as their GRAND boy expressed it
and "busted with the biggest kind Of a
bust.
"What in Heavens name am to dol"
asked Adrian Of himself one morning as
he paced to and fro in the small room he
occupied in Mrs. Hasher's ''home for a
few select bOarders" 'Of course shall
get another situation soon, but l am
already in debt, which it will take me
a long time to clear away, and-and-
confound it, I shan't be able to invite
Ethel to go anywhere, or to give her any
bouquets, or candles, or books, or any
thing else By jOvel I've good mind
10 ask Aunt Tamasin for a loan. She
must be pretty well off, for she used to
tipm generously when I was boy.
Pll do it,-Pm sure she'll let me have it
and pay her back as soon as can. "
He had just come to this conclusion
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-05-28
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
InaroNvlne ToenaII,

For that very painful affection, In
growing toenail, the simplest measure Of
of relief which has been advocated is the
application of tannin. One who has had
many years experience with it uses a
concentrated solution ian ounce of per-
fectly fresh talnic acid dissolved with
six drachms of pure water, with gentle
hcat), and has the soft parts around the
nail painted twice a day. Two cases re-
Gently had no pain or lameness after the
first application, and went about their
work Immediately, which they could not
do before. After about three weeks Of
this treatment the nail had grown to its
proper length an breadth, and the cure
was complete. No other treatment Of
any kind was used, though formerly he
introduced lint under the ingrowing edge
in such cases.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-05-28
Increase of Sound by Echoes.

Sound is muchincreased by the echoes
in a closed vault In cave of the
Pantheon, the guide by striking the flap
of his great-coat makes noise like the
report Of cannon. The same phenom-
enon is found in the Mammoth cave of
Kentucky. In the cave of Smcllin, near
Viborg, in Finland, by throwing in a
live animal terrible noises are heard.
Piiny tells Of a similar cave in Dalmatia
where the falling Of stone raised a per-
feet storm. Fingaps cave, in the island
of Staffa, presents another remarkable
phenomenon. The end of this cave is
dark and gloomy, and may be compared
to the channel of the church. while the
basaltic columns may be likened to the
organ pipes. AT the extremity Of the
grotto, and near the level of the water,
is a small opening whence come har
monious sounds which are produced by
the sea rising and falling Mature.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-05-28
Desperate Courage.

On the outbreak of the Sepoy mutiny
against the English, in 1857, shocking
cruelties were perpetratcd The English
residents of towns within the limits Of
the instruction were massacred; in
deed, all India was in fever of excite
ment.
Colonel Levin, in his ely on the
Wheel" says that the magistrate in
charge of the town Of Banda narrowly
escaped with his life, at the beginning
of the excitement. When the storm
burst, he was the only European left in
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-05-28

Banda, the other residents having alreada
sought refuge in Futtehpoor TIN
Nawab of Banda, although at heart il
sympathy with the mutineers, yet pre-
served to the last an appearance of 10y
atty. The magistrate had been informed
that q rising was imminent, and wen
to the Nawab to exhort him to use al
possible influence TO quiet the people
Even as they sat talking, there reached
them a murmur from the town without,
swelling into shout as the tumulr
came nearer A dead silence fell in the
room, and on looking up the magistrate
saw that the Nawab was smiling He
knew then that his only hope lay If
prompt action; so, drawing his revolver,
he seized the Nawab by the collar and
placed the muzzIo against.his forehead.
us a carriage likely to be soon ready
for me to depart?' he.asked, quietly.
Yes, yes, Sahib; one is now ready"
vocferated the afTrighted attendants.
"Then we will go at once"
Without relaxing his grasp of the
Nawab's collar, they emerged from the
palace, and the INN nse mob outside
hushed their clamor, in terror for the life
Of their Nawab, and in amazcment at the
daring of this solitary Englishman.
"Now," said the magistrate to the
Nawab, "tell them that if hear a hoot
or an insult, or if any mans hand is
raised against me, that moment will be
your last"
The Nawab entered the carriage with
him, and they drove off, no one daring
to interfere. At twelve miles distance
from the city, the magistrate had horse
waiting for him, in case of a sudden
emergency; so here he left the Nawab,
politely thanking him for the pleasure of
his company and rode off unframed to
Futtehpoor
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-05-28
KisSane and His Family.

A San Francisco letter gives the fol-
lowing story of the man of mystery
For twenty years Rogers has lived In
this State, and no one to look upon his
benign face would imagine him the char
acter his many criminal acts prove HIM
to have been. I saw him few years
ago at his country seat in Sonoma coun-
ty, surrounded by his family, consisting
Of a wife and eight children, two of the
latter being step-daughter and son.
The young lady is very pretty and a
great favorite in society, and the step
son is model of propriety and we'll
liked both by business and social assoc
ciates. His wife is q charming woman
approaching the meridian of life. Time
has used her kindly, much more so than
the Colonel, who bares the trace OF
trouble deeply craven In his parch-
ment like face, and indicated by numer-
GUS deep burrows which the odd sixty
years Of time have not unaided caused.
He stands about six feet In height, is
erect and has a soldierly bearing. His
hair, or what there is left of it, is snow
white, and silky mustache of the same
color adorns his lip. His eyebrows are
bushy. and beneath them peer pair OF
very restless steel-gray eyes. He has
high cheek bones and receding fore
head. The Colonel has surrounded him
self with all the luxnries that money
can procure, and is very proud of the
elegance of his country seat. 1t is 10
Gated in the most charming part of the
county, abont six miles from the little
town of Petaluma. The house which
may more fttingly be termed palace,
is built of the finest of finished stone
and stands in the midst of large grounds
surrounded on all sides by grassy lawns,
graveled walks and rare exoties. Back
af the homestead stretch acres upon
acres of the Colonel's possessions, most
of which is in vineyard, producing
thousands of gallons of wine each year.
1t is through his wife that Rogers is
connected with J. B. Haggin's family,
with the family of Lloyd Tevis, and
through these families with the Shar-
ons and Lord Hesketh, of England, who
few years ago married Flora, the
youngest daughter Of the late Senator
Sharon.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-05-28
Earthquakes in this Century.

The principal earthquakes that have
taken place in this century, with the
number Of casualties, are thus stated:
1905, Naples, 5000 killed; 1922, Aleppo,
90 600 killed; 1929, Murcia 5000 killed
1880, Canton. 5000 killed; 1912, Cape
Hayden, 1000 killed 1851 Calabria,
10, 900 killed; 1859. Quito, 5000 killed /;
1860, Mendoza, South America, 1000
killed; 1868, towns in Peru and Ecuador
%, 900 killed; 1875, San Jose dc
Cuenta, Columbia, "A, 900 killed; 1881,
Scio, 1000 killed 1886, Charleston, 90;
1887, Southern France and Northern
Italy ZOO
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-05-28
Persian .IcVelry.

As goldsmiths and jewellers the Per-
slams are expert, and jewelry is by no
means the exclusive luxury Of the rich.
In the first place it is cheap. The most
skillful jewellers are glad to work for
two shilin2s a day and the profit they
can make on the very small amount OF
solder they are permitted to use. The
Persian seldom buys his jewelry ready
made; he orders it. When the various
pieces have been cast or cut out from
the metal supplied by the customer, they
arc brought to him for inspection and
carefully weighed. Then the article is
put together either in the customers
own house and under his eye or under
the supervision of his servant. Then
it is again weighed then chased and
finished, the filings and waste being
collected and credited to the customer
= Chicago Tribune.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-05-28
Strong Affection Of Pigs.

Pigs, says writer, have been re-
peatedly known to attach themselves to
individuals or to other animals, aud to
show the greatest dociIity gentleness
and affection. Mr.. Henderson, the
writer of well-known work on the
swine, relates that he had young SOW
of good breed so docile that she would
suffer his youngest son, 3 years Of age,
to climb up on her back and ride her
about for half an hour at time OF more.
When she was tired of the sport she
would lay herself down, carefully avoiding
hurting her young jockey, who habi;u-
ally shared his bread and meat with her.
De Dieskau also cites the case Of wild
boar which he caught very young, and
which formed such an attachment to a
young lady residing in the house that he
accompanied her wherever she went and
slept upon her bed. This a1ectionate
creature fretted himself to death on ac-
count Of iox which had been taken
into the house 60 be tanned.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-05-28

An erect bodily attitude is of vastly
more Importance to health than most
people generally imagine. Crooked
bodily positions, maintained for any
length of time, are always Injurious
whether in the sitting, standing or lying
posture, whether sleeping or waking.
To sit with the body leaning forward on
the stomach, or to one side, with the
heels elevated on level with the hands,
is not only in bad taste, but exceedingly
detrimental to health 1t cramps the
stomach, presses the vital organs, inter-
rupts the free motions Of the chest, and
enfeebles the functions of the abdominal
and thorace organs, and, in fact, I'M
balances the whole muscular system.
Many children become slightly hump
backed or severely round shouldered by
sleeping with the head raised on high
pillow. When any person finds it easier
10 sit or stand or walk or sleep in a
crooked position than straight one,
such person may be sure his muscular
system is badly .deranged, and the
more careful he is to preserve a straight
or upright position, and get back again,
the better. - Chicago Health journal.
A distinguished physician has made
the remark that if his patients would
make it a rule to eat couple Of good
orang before breakfast from February
to June his practice would be gone.
While such a statement Can be talcn
literally, there can be no doubt that tie
more general use of good ripe fruit in
the early part of the day would be found
beneficial and often prevent illness.
Fruit has the composition OF perfect
food containing all the substances re-
quired for the body. Every one knows
that it is a deficiency Of the stimuiant
action OF the liver that causes bilious
ness. The acid contained in fruits is q
much better correction of this trouble
than medicine, and We come the nearest
to perfect physical development when
we rely most upon the food which nature
provides for US. From the ripe juicy
strawberry in the spring to the purple
grape of the fall we have a constant sue
cession Of the most healthful Of food
substances. The real place, however,
for fruit is at the beginning of the meal
an not at the close 1t cannot be
looked at as a luxury, but as a thing on
the side of economy.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-05-28

A VERY little fellow has very lively
tongue, and talks so much at meals that
On recent occasion, when there we're
70 De guests at the table. his elder broth
- or1bed him with nickel to be still.
At r zen minutes of silence the little
10y whispered anxiously to his brother,
., ar1hu 5;!' Arthur, mayn't talk cents